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Iran supports forming cross-regional group of states to help end Ukraine conflict
Feb 24, 2023 06:27Iran's ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations (UN) expressed Tehran's readiness to establish a group of cross-regional countries to help end the conflict in Ukraine which marks its first anniversary on Friday.
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US announces $2bn in new Ukraine military aid as war completes a year
Feb 24, 2023 05:59The United States is preparing a fresh military aid package to Ukraine worth $2 billion, a senior US official has said, defying repeated warnings from Moscow as the war completes one year.
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Russia says West willing to ‘plunge world into abyss’ to defeat Moscow
Feb 23, 2023 12:18Russia’s UN ambassador has accused the West of being prepared to sacrifice Ukraine and the developing world in order to beat Russia and maintain global power.
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President Putin vows to boost Russia's nuclear forces
Feb 23, 2023 04:54President Vladimir Putin says Russia will continue to pay increased attention to boosting its nuclear forces, after he declared his decision to suspend the country's participation in an arms control treaty with the United States.
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Putin, China’s top diplomat vow to bolster cooperation for ‘multipolar’ world
Feb 23, 2023 04:46In his meeting with China's top diplomat Wang Yi in Moscow on Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said relations between the two countries are “reaching new milestones" amid tensions with the US.
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Biden meets NATO allies, labels Putin’s suspension of arms pact ‘big mistake’
Feb 23, 2023 03:56US President Joe Biden met leaders of NATO’s eastern flank in Warsaw on Wednesday in an exhibition of support for the military alliance's war in Ukraine, labeling Moscow's suspension of a key nuclear arms control treaty as a "big mistake".
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Iran’s Saipa signs €450 mln deal to start car exports to Russia
Feb 22, 2023 14:22Iran’s second largest carmaker Saipa has finalized a contract to launch exports to Russia amid efforts by Iranian automotive companies to expand their presence in the Russian car market nearly a year after Western brands left the country because of the sanctions over the Ukraine war.
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Russia’s State Duma endorses Putin’s move to suspend nuclear pact with US
Feb 22, 2023 13:46Russia’s State Duma, the lower house of the country's parliament, on Wednesday unanimously passed a law endorsing President Vladimir Putin's move to suspend Moscow's participation in a key nuclear pact with the US.
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West unwilling to cooperate on Nord Stream probe: Russian diplomat
Feb 22, 2023 06:40Russia's ambassador to the United Nations has once again accused the United States of being behind the explosions on Nord stream gas pipelines in September last year, saying the national investigations of Germany, Denmark, and Sweden into the sabotage are aimed at protecting Washington.
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US State Department says America’s nuclear posture remains unchanged
Feb 22, 2023 06:04The impact of Russian President Vladimir Putin's latest statement regarding nuclear arms has not been clarified and so Americans will not change their nuke strategy, the US State Department has said.